General Discussion

malaise

(269,352 posts) Sat May 28, 2016, 08:13 PM May 2016

Tony BLIAR - go away - preferably to the Hague

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/28/tony-blair-corbyn-government-dangerous-experiment
<snip>
Blair famously said last summer that anyone thinking of voting for Corbyn as Labour leader because it was what their heart told them to do should “get a transplant”, but his latest comment may be his harshest yet.

Speaking to Emily Maitlis for BBC2’s This Week’s World, Blair rejected the suggestion that he was responsible for Corbyn’s emergence as a political force. He said it was “a result of the way the world works these days”.

He said: “It’s a big challenge for the centre and, when I’m not thinking about the Middle East, I’m thinking about this because I do think, by the way, it would be a very dangerous experiment for a major western country to get gripped by this type of populist policymaking left or right, a very dangerous experiment.

-------------------
The war criminals should be treated like pariahs - no one should talk to them.

8 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Tony BLIAR - go away - preferably to the Hague (Original Post) malaise May 2016 OP

OOOh the new bogeyman: populist policymaking! truebluegreen May 2016 #1

Blair didn't win back to back landslides without populism. T_i_B May 2016 #2

I agree. And I think our problem is truebluegreen May 2016 #8

a "dangerous experiment"? mr blur May 2016 #3

Unbelievable that he could know the history of the Party and say such shite malaise May 2016 #4

BLIAR was the worst thing that ever happened to the Laour Party malaise May 2016 #7

I see what you did there oberliner May 2016 #5

Chilcot is coming for him malaise May 2016 #6

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

1. OOOh the new bogeyman: populist policymaking!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 10:34 PM

May 2016

It is just a mystery to Blair where this dangerous thinking came from, isn't it?

T_i_B

(14,749 posts)

2. Blair didn't win back to back landslides without populism.

Reply to truebluegreen (Reply #1)

Sun May 29, 2016, 03:12 AM

May 2016

The trouble is, Blair and his acolytes failed to adapt to the way the world has changed since the 90's.

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

8. I agree. And I think our problem is

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #2)

Sun May 29, 2016, 09:30 AM

May 2016

that we--some of us anyway--are doing the same thing.

mr blur

(7,753 posts)

3. a "dangerous experiment"?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun May 29, 2016, 07:56 AM

May 2016

Not as dangerous as when this bastard took over our once-Socialist Labour Party and turned it into Tory Lite. Bliar's arrival was when I quit the Party in disgust. Corbyn's arrival was when we rejoined. I prefer a Socialist leader to one intent on getting rich, sucking up to Bush, talking about his Imaginary Friend and kissing the arses of billionaire Saudi royalty.